Upcoming
CME Events
| Tuesday,
November 25, 2008 |
"Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - Psychosomatic Considerations", George Costin, MD, Vaskar Mukerji, MD, David Resch, MD, Mutaz Elmahi, MD |
| Tuesday,
December 2, 2008 |
"Superbugs of 2008: Challenges in the Management of Infectious Diseases", Janak Koirala, MD, Cristian Speil, MD, Vidya Sundareshan, MD, Scott Bergman, PharmD |
| Tuesday,
December 9, 2008 |
"What Can Poxviruses Teach us About Internal Medicine and Immunology?", Wayne Yokoyama, MD, Sam Levin and Audrey Loew Levin Professor of Research in Arthritis, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine |
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Here's
What's New
 Patricia Hopkins-Price, PhD, was appointed to a two-year term on the Board of Certification of the American Society of Exercise Physiologists.
Russell Yang, MD, PhD, is the new Chief of Gastroenterology. He comes to SIU from the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine.
Anushree Agarwal, MD, won first place in the resident oral vignette presentation competition at the Downstate Illinois ACP meeting in October. She also took first and tied for third in the poster competition. Nishith Singh, MD, tied for third place in the poster competition.
Mark Francis, MD, MDE, is the first recipient of SIU's Eskridge Award in cardiovascular research.
Dr. David E. Steward, Professor
and Chairman, has been elected as President of the Association
of Professors of Medicine (APM) for the term July 1, 2008
through June 30, 2009. The APM is the organization of departments
of internal medicine represented by chairs and appointed leaders
at medical schools and affiliated teaching hospitals in the
United States and Canada.
We are pleased to announce that Dr.
Karen Broquet has been promoted to Professor of Clinical
Medicine, and Dr. Christine Todd
has been promoted to Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine.
Dr. John Godwin, Professor
of Medicine, has obtained tenure. Congratulations to all!
Andrzej Bartke, PhD has been named Chairperson of the Biological
Aging Review Committee for the National Institute on Aging.
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